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Friday, November 29, 2013

Windows 7 File Sharing With XP PCs: This Started Out As A Request For Help...

But when I went through this magic sequence, the problem went away! Documenting a problem is the first step towards solving it.

The XP boxes and the Windows 7 box are all in the workgroup named WORKGROUP. (The Windows 7 HomeGroup feature only works between Windows 7 PCs.) The XP PCs can see each other, and Windows 7 can see the PC directories. The XP PCs can see Users\Default and Users\Public directories on the Windows 7 box -- but they can't see the Users\Clayton Cramer there. I have done this from that directory on the Windows 7 PC: